All, A friend of mine in the USA sent me this today - may be of some interest. "I was at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose yesterday, and Altera was handing out coupons to buy the Nios Development Kits with Cyclone I (EP1C20) and Stratix I (EP1S10) for $198 until 5/5/06." 73's Phil...VK6APH 1144377522.0